Our village has since February 20 a centenarian!
Vincent was born in the San Gavinu 20.2 / 1909.
Happy Birthday Vincent!
He grew up in the village and like many of his countrymen he had to get away from his island .... then as Odysseus, after a long journey "He returned full of purpose and reason to live with his parents the rest of his age. "
It is now the dean, memory and pride of San Gavinu.
Thanks Vincent for the gift you have given us.
Everyone is proud of you and everybody wants to keep you for a very lontemps yet.
Keep writing poems like you know so well faire.Pour those skeptics who would mind if I transcrive un dans lequel vous laissez transparaître tout votre amour pour San Gavinu.
Una visita à u mo paese
Si sempre appugghjatu a la muntagna
Nantu a li to tetti un si vede un frisgettu di lume
Un si sente un rimore e pari un'orfagna
Senza amore nè fogu nè fume.
I to chiassi so' crosci e lacrimosi
Un ci è che vecchi e pochi zitelli
Ghjelusie,purtelle e purtoni chjosi
Paese cundannatu a more senza dilettu.
Le to case dumandanu e grazie
So' sottu a chiave e sottu a marchioni
U ventu in granaghju fisca u riquiescat in pace
Di u tempu di i forni e di i fuconi.
O lu mio paese cusi pienu di zitellina
The squares to eranu
I laughed and joy to vechji Vegha us cuntavanu
tales and the lessons we facianu
Ava like a veru martiriu
Ingraciatu to pughiale
lu focu
Beat Without light nor so 'at Easter and Christmas
U strintu Guard ® core to all homes
In each window there vedu occhji
About one hundred steps
Avvedeci seguitanu them my lu my country
Eju you one thousand Basgo mandu.
Vincent Franchini 21/x11/1988
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